diff -urN ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/conf.c ncmpc-0.11.0/src/conf.c
--- ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/conf.c	2004-07-09 09:49:44.000000000 +0200
+++ ncmpc-0.11.0/src/conf.c	2004-11-16 20:30:27.466343152 +0100
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 /* configuration field names */
 #define CONF_ENABLE_COLORS           "enable-colors"
+#define CONF_ENABLE_MOUSE	     "enable-mouse"
 #define CONF_AUTO_CENTER             "auto-center"
 #define CONF_WIDE_CURSOR             "wide-cursor"
 #define CONF_ENABLE_BELL             "enable-bell"
@@ -420,6 +421,11 @@
 		{
 		  options->enable_colors = str2bool(value);
 		}
+	      /*enable mouse*/
+	      else if( !strcasecmp(CONF_ENABLE_MOUSE, name) )
+                {
+                  options->enable_mouse = str2bool(value);
+                }
 	      /* auto center */
 	      else if( !strcasecmp(CONF_AUTO_CENTER, name) )
 		{
diff -urN ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/options.c ncmpc-0.11.0/src/options.c
--- ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/options.c	2004-07-09 09:49:47.000000000 +0200
+++ ncmpc-0.11.0/src/options.c	2004-11-16 20:26:48.532626136 +0100
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
   { 'P', "password","PASSWORD", "Connect with password" },
   { 'f', "config",  "FILE",     "Read configuration from file" },
   { 'k', "key-file","FILE",     "Read configuration from file" },
+  { 'm', "mouse", NULL, "Use the mouse" },
+  { 'M', "no-mouse", NULL, "Don't use the mouse" },
 #ifdef DEBUG
   { 'D', "debug",   NULL,   "Enable debug output on stderr" },
 #endif
@@ -152,6 +154,12 @@
     case 'C': /* --no-colors */
       options.enable_colors = FALSE;
       break;
+    case 'm': /* --mouse */
+      options.enable_mouse = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case 'M': /* --no-mouse */
+      options.enable_mouse = FALSE;
+      break;
     case 'e': /* --exit */
       options.reconnect = FALSE;
       break;
@@ -315,6 +323,7 @@
   options.find_wrap = TRUE;
   options.wide_cursor = TRUE;
   options.audible_bell = TRUE;
+  options.enable_mouse = TRUE;
 
   return &options;
 }
diff -urN ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/options.h ncmpc-0.11.0/src/options.h
--- ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/options.h	2004-07-09 09:49:38.000000000 +0200
+++ ncmpc-0.11.0/src/options.h	2004-11-12 13:33:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   gboolean auto_center;
   gboolean wide_cursor;  
   gboolean enable_colors;
+  gboolean enable_mouse;
   gboolean audible_bell;       /* not implemented */
   gboolean visible_bell;       /* not implemented */
   gboolean enable_xterm_title; /* not implemented */
diff -urN ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/screen.c ncmpc-0.11.0/src/screen.c
--- ncmpc-0.11.0.orig/src/screen.c	2004-07-09 09:49:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ncmpc-0.11.0/src/screen.c	2004-11-16 20:31:22.293008232 +0100
@@ -474,10 +474,15 @@
   keypad(stdscr, TRUE);  
   /* return from getch() without blocking */
   timeout(SCREEN_TIMEOUT);
-  /* initialize mouse support */
-#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
-  mousemask(ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS, NULL);
-#endif
+ 
+  if(options.enable_mouse == TRUE)
+  {
+  	/* initialize mouse support */
+	#ifdef HAVE_GETMOUSE
+		mousemask(ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS, NULL);
+	#endif
+  }
+
 
   if( COLS<SCREEN_MIN_COLS || LINES<SCREEN_MIN_ROWS )
     {